Six-mill levy: essential to funding higher
education in Montana
2008 - MEA-MFT officially supports Legislative Referendum
118 (LR 118), known as the "six-mill
levy" that helps fund the Montana University System.
The six-mill levy will appear on Montana's November ballot.
MEA-MFT played a major role in the 2007 Legislature in
passing Senate Bill 16 , the bill that submits the six-mill
levy to voters.
Brief facts:
The six-mill
levy must be reauthorized every 10 years.
It currently raises nearly $13 million
annually for the university system.
It's the brick upon which the rest of
the U-System funding is built.
Approving
LR 118 won’t raise anybody’s taxes. We’ve
been paying the six-mill university system levy every
year for nearly six decades now.
It's just as crucial as ever.
You can help get LR 118 passed. Talk to friends
and colleagues. Tell them how important LR
118 is to higher education in Montana. Ask them to vote
for LR 118.
